The Global Gender Gap Index 2007 Rankings and 2006 Comparisons

Gender Gap Index

2006 vs
2007 rank 2007 rank Economic Participation and
2007 Rank among 2006 2006 Rank (among Opportunity
(among 128 2007 countries (out of 115 2006 Change in 115
Country countries) Score** (115)** countries) Score** Score** countries) Rank Score**
Chile 86 64.8% 78 78 64.5% 0.3% 0 105 51.7%
Malawi 87 64.8% 79 81 64.4% 0.4% 2 43 67.5%
Zimbabwe 88 64.6% 80 76 64.6% 0.0% -4 79 60.4%
Madagascar 89 64.6% 81 84 63.9% 0.8% 3 76 60.9%
Nicaragua 90 64.6% 82 62 65.7% -1.1% -20 117 43.4%
Japan 91 64.5% 83 80 64.5% 0.1% -3 97 54.9%
Malaysia 92 64.4% 84 72 65.1% -0.7% -12 93 56.7%
Mexico 93 64.4% 85 75 64.6% -0.2% -10 109 48.9%
Belize* 94 64.3% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 96 55.2%
Gambia, The 95 64.2% 86 79 64.5% -0.3% -7 37 68.7%
Kuwait 96 64.1% 87 86 63.4% 0.7% -1 80 60.4%
Korea, Rep. 97 64.1% 88 92 61.6% 2.5% 4 90 58.0%
Cambodia 98 63.5% 89 89 62.9% 0.6% 0 52 66.4%
Maldives* 99 63.5% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 106 51.4%
Bangladesh 100 63.1% 90 91 62.7% 0.4% 1 116 43.7%
Zambia 101 62.9% 91 85 63.6% -0.7% -6 92 57.1%
Tunisia 102 62.8% 92 90 62.9% -0.1% -2 111 47.4%
Syria* 103 62.2% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 104 52.4%
Jordan 104 62.0% 93 93 61.1% 0.9% 0 110 48.3%
United Arab Emirates 105 61.8% 94 101 59.2% 2.6% 7 119 42.1%
Guatemala 106 61.4% 95 95 60.7% 0.8% 0 112 47.1%
Nigeria 107 61.2% 96 94 61.0% 0.2% -2 72 62.1%
Algeria 108 60.7% 97 97 60.2% 0.5% 0 113 46.4%
Qatar* 109 60.4% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 115 45.6%
Angola 110 60.3% 98 96 60.4% -0.1% -2 87 58.5%
Mauritania 111 60.2% 99 106 58.3% 1.9% 7 108 50.5%
Mali 112 60.2% 100 99 60.0% 0.2% -1 33 69.5%
Ethiopia 113 59.9% 101 100 59.5% 0.4% -1 86 58.5%
India 114 59.4% 102 98 60.1% -0.7% -4 122 39.8%
Bahrain 115 59.3% 103 102 58.9% 0.4% -1 124 39.0%
Cameroon 116 59.2% 104 103 58.7% 0.5% -1 107 51.1%
Burkina Faso 117 59.1% 105 104 58.5% 0.6% -1 67 63.1%
Iran 118 59.0% 106 108 58.0% 1.0% 2 123 39.5%
Oman* 119 59.0% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 125 38.4%
Egypt 120 58.1% 107 109 57.9% 0.2% 2 120 42.1%
Turkey 121 57.7% 108 105 58.5% -0.8% -3 118 43.1%
Morocco 122 56.8% 109 107 58.3% -1.5% -2 121 40.1%
 Gender Gap Index
2006 vs
2007 rank 2007 rank Economic Participation and
2007 Rank among 2006 2006 Rank (among Opportunity
(among 128 2007 countries (out of 115 2006 Change in 115
Country countries) Score** (115)** countries) Score** Score** countries) Rank Score**
Benin 123 56.6% 110 110 57.8% -1.2% 0 102 54.3%
Saudi Arabia 124 56.5% 111 114 52.4% 4.0% 3 127 32.1%
Nepal 125 55.8% 112 111 54.8% 1.0% -1 114 45.7%
Pakistan 126 55.1% 113 112 54.3% 0.8% -1 126 37.2%
Chad 127 53.8% 114 113 52.5% 1.3% -1 58 65.2%
Yemen 128 45.1% 115 115 45.9% -0.8% 0 128 25.1%

*new countries
**The Gender Gap Index scores are on a 0 to 1 scale (0.00= inequality, 1.00= equality) but can be roughly interpreted as the percentage of the gender gap that has been closed. For intuitive appea

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 Subindexes

Educational Attainment Health and Survival Subindex Political Empowerment

Rank Score** Rank Score** Rank Score**

78 98.0% 1 98.0% 58 11.6%
108 86.5% 110 96.1% 76 9.0%
100 92.5% 119 95.2% 64 10.5%
89 95.8% 1 98.0% 116 3.8%
51 99.1% 60 97.6% 28 18.1%
69 98.6% 37 97.9% 94 6.7%
71 98.5% 97 96.9% 101 5.6%
49 99.2% 1 98.0% 57 11.6%
1 100.0% 1 98.0% 114 3.9%
117 80.8% 1 98.0% 73 9.4%
63 98.9% 110 96.1% 126 1.0%
94 94.9% 106 96.7% 95 6.7%
112 84.5% 1 98.0% 105 5.3%
1 100.0% 120 95.1% 87 7.5%
105 87.1% 122 95.0% 17 26.7%
111 84.8% 110 96.1% 49 13.5%
88 95.9% 94 97.0% 60 11.0%
99 92.7% 63 97.6% 100 5.9%
79 97.9% 88 97.1% 112 4.8%
68 98.7% 110 96.1% 65 10.5%
102 89.7% 1 98.0% 61 11.0%
118 80.8% 100 96.9% 106 5.2%
96 94.2% 85 97.1% 111 4.9%
45 99.3% 123 94.7% 124 2.1%
119 77.9% 1 98.0% 92 7.0%
114 83.2% 1 98.0% 74 9.2%
126 65.2% 98 96.9% 75 9.1%
121 74.0% 100 96.9% 68 10.2%
116 81.9% 126 93.1% 21 22.7%
59 98.9% 110 96.1% 121 3.1%
115 82.6% 100 96.9% 97 6.1%
124 68.0% 92 97.0% 84 8.4%
90 95.8% 58 97.8% 122 3.1%
83 97.1% 89 97.1% 119 3.5%
101 90.9% 83 97.2% 123 2.2%
110 85.4% 87 97.1% 108 5.2%
113 84.5% 84 97.2% 103 5.3%
 Subindexes

Educational Attainment Health and Survival Subindex Political Empowerment

Rank Score** Rank Score** Rank Score**

125 65.8% 65 97.5% 81 8.6%
87 96.1% 60 97.6% 128 0.0%
122 73.4% 117 95.5% 83 8.5%
123 73.4% 121 95.0% 43 14.8%
128 47.0% 60 97.6% 102 5.4%
127 56.5% 1 98.0% 127 0.8%

uitive appeal, they are presented in percentage form in these tables

Rankings by income group

High Income Upper Middle Income

Overall Overall Overall Overall
Country score** rank Country score** rank
Sweden 81.5% 1 Latvia 73.3% 13
Norway 80.6% 2 Lithuania 72.3% 14
Finland 80.4% 3 Croatia 72.1% 16
Iceland 78.4% 4 South Africa 71.9% 20
New Zealand 76.5% 5 Bulgaria 70.8% 25
Germany 76.2% 7 Costa Rica 70.1% 28
Denmark 75.2% 8 Kazakhstan 69.8% 32
Ireland 74.6% 9 Argentina 69.8% 33
Spain 74.4% 10 Panama 69.5% 38
United Kingdom 74.4% 11 Russian Federation 68.7% 45
Netherlands 73.8% 12 Romania 68.6% 47
Australia 72.0% 17 Botswana 68.0% 53
Canada 72.0% 18 Slovak Republic 68.0% 54
Belgium 72.0% 19 Venezuela 68.0% 55
Austria 70.6% 27 Poland 67.6% 60
Estonia 70.1% 30 Hungary 67.3% 61
United States 70.0% 31 Brazil 66.4% 74
Israel 69.6% 36 Uruguay 66.1% 78
Portugal 69.6% 37 Mauritius 64.9% 85
Switzerland 69.2% 40 Chile 64.8% 86
Trinidad and Tobago 68.6% 46 Malaysia 64.4% 92
Slovenia 68.4% 49 Mexico 64.4% 93
France 68.2% 51 Belize 64.3% 94
Luxembourg 67.9% 58 Oman 59.0% 119
Czech Republic 67.2% 64 Turkey 57.7% 121
Greece 66.5% 72
Malta 66.1% 76
Singapore 66.1% 77
Cyprus 65.2% 82
Italy 65.0% 84
Japan 64.5% 91
Kuwait 64.1% 96
Korea, Rep. 64.1% 97
United Arab Emirates 61.8% 105
Qatar 60.4% 109
Bahrain 59.3% 115
Saudi Arabia 56.5% 124

Note: Income classifications are taken from the World Bank

**The Gender Gap Index scores are on a 0 to 1 scale (0.00= inequality, 1.00= equality) but can be roughly interpreted as the percentage
 Lower Middle Income Low Income
Overall Overall Overall Overall
Country score** rank Country score** rank
Philippines 76.3% 6 Tanzania 69.7% 34
Sri Lanka 72.3% 15 Uzbekistan 69.2% 41
Moldova 71.7% 21 Vietnam 68.9% 42
Cuba 71.7% 22 Mozambique 68.8% 43
Belarus 71.1% 23 Uganda 68.3% 50
Colombia 70.9% 24 Mongolia 67.3% 62
Lesotho 70.8% 26 Ghana 67.3% 63
Namibia 70.1% 29 Kyrgyz Republic 66.5% 70
Macedonia, FYR 69.7% 35 Tajikistan 65.8% 79
Jamaica 69.2% 39 Kenya 65.1% 83
Ecuador 68.8% 44 Malawi 64.8% 87
El Salvador 68.5% 48 Zimbabwe 64.6% 88
Thailand 68.2% 52 Madagascar 64.6% 89
Suriname 67.9% 56 Gambia, The 64.2% 95
Ukraine 67.9% 57 Cambodia 63.5% 98
Azerbaijan 67.8% 59 Bangladesh 63.1% 100
Dominican Republic 67.0% 65 Zambia 62.9% 101
Albania 66.8% 66 Nigeria 61.2% 107
Georgia 66.6% 67 Mauritania 60.2% 111
Honduras 66.6% 68 Mali 60.2% 112
Paraguay 66.6% 69 Ethiopia 59.9% 113
Armenia 66.5% 71 India 59.4% 114
China 66.4% 73 Burkina Faso 59.1% 117
Peru 66.2% 75 Benin 56.6% 123
Bolivia 65.7% 80 Nepal 55.8% 125
Indonesia 65.5% 81 Pakistan 55.1% 126
Nicaragua 64.6% 90 Chad 53.8% 127
Maldives 63.5% 99 Yemen 45.1% 128
Tunisia 62.8% 102
Syria 62.2% 103
Jordan 62.0% 104
Guatemala 61.4% 106
Algeria 60.7% 108
Angola 60.3% 110
Cameroon 59.2% 116
Iran 59.0% 118
Egypt 58.1% 120
Morocco 56.8% 122

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